so, you want to be a writer?
The following is a transcript from Nandini Nayar’s session for Kahani Takbak’s first celebrations. So, you want to be a writer was the topic of the Facebook live chat. Minutes before Nandini went live, the internet connection went down. Thankfully, she had downloaded the Facebook app on her phone yesterday. As she was not familiar with using the Facebook app , she couldn’t spot the ‘Post’ button and ended up doing the entire session in the Comments section. The questions given below were asked by the participants of the session. 1. Where does one begin? How do you channel all random ideas into a concrete piece of work? Random ideas are amazing. Store them, think about them. Brood and wonder- why? When? What if? 2. Even when the manuscript is good, there can be rejection for various reasons. Th...